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VOIVOD Celebrating the Fate of the World

Voivod are one of this universe’s most underrated yet influential metal bands. Having released fourteen studio albums during their thirty-five-year career, Voivod has during those three and a half decades continued to make an impact and important statements via their unmistakable progressive sci-fi trademark sound. In September Voivod return to our shores to tour their […]

STEVEN WILSON at The Palais, Melbourne on 10/11/18

Having made a significant impact within the progressive rock world and on the genre itself for over thirty years now, Steven Wilson has become a very important and extremely significant entity within the music world as a whole for his many ventures and extensive back catalogue of albums to his name. Namely Porcupine Tree and […]

THE ANTICHRIST IMPERIUM ‘Every Tongue Shall Praise Satan’

The new Antichrist Imperium album, Every Tongue Shall Praise Satan, took a while to reach my inbox but holy fucking Jesus it was worth the wait. This album is nothing short of intellectual avant garde chaotic magnificence. The art contained in its forty eight minute length is most certainly not for the heavy music elitist or folks ignorant to […]

PSYCROPTIC ‘As The Kingdom Drown’

Let’s dive straight into the brand spanker from the Tasmanian titans of extreme technical death metal mastery Psycroptic shall we. As The Kingdom Drowns begins with a crushing intro where you should probably ensure your speakers are at a level that it can handle the force of the gatling gun ferocity and remains an unrelenting […]

BRUCE DICKINSON Spoken Word – 19/10/2018 Palais Theatre Melbourne

1:22am – Metal V has just returned home and has a deadline to meet pertaining to a review that must be submitted of a solo spoken word show delivered by THE ONE VOICE that made me the metal loving man I am today. That voice belongs to none other than the one and only, never […]

DIMMU BORGIR at 170 Russell, Melbourne on 16/10/18 & 17/10/18

Let’s face it readers, for those of us that are fans of the black symphonic beauty of Dimmu Borgir, we have waited far too long to bare witness to a headline tour from these Norwegian titans of undoubtedly one of the most important, instantly recognisable and renowned extreme bands the world has ever known. Dimmu’s […]

THE BLACK QUEEN ‘Infinite Games’

A little prologue to begin this review if I may? In August of 2016 when I read of the shock pending split of one of my favorite bands of all time, The Dillinger Escape Plan I was near heartbroken. So many times TDEP in all their magnificence and organised chaos have pulled me from the […]

SCOTT IAN at Goldfields Theatre, Melbourne, 26/9/18

Last night I had the pleasure of listening to two hours of heavy metal anecdotes and stories from one of the pioneers of Thrash Metal and founder of Anthrax, Mr Scott Ian. I have been to several spoken word events in my life and all of them were hosted by Henry Rollins. I was both intrigued and a little […]

ANAAL NATHRAKH ‘A New Kind of Horror’

Extreme music by its very nature and at the very core of all it condones whether right or wrong, good or bad and depicts through art, music, vocals and lyrics IS the heart of the confronting nature of a very real realm of which we, as humans reside within. It chooses to not pander in […]

METAL FEST at Max Watts, Melbourne 4/8/18

One special Saturday night a mere six weeks ago there was a union of Aussie metal legends at Max Watts for the inaugural Metal Fest put together and hosted by long time champion of the Melbourne Metal Scene and Birthday Boy Mr. Jackson Donohue. Eight months in the making was this evening featuring Headless, Cryptic […]

CALIGULA’S HORSE at Howler, Melbourne 16/8/18

Caligula’s Horse fourth album, 2017’s In Contact was in my top three albums of last year. It received critical worldwide acclaim and rightfully so. It is a stunning masterpiece of near perfect song writing and complexity that the heavy listening ears of this world pricked up and embraced it’s beauty with open arms. So it obviously became […]

THY ART IS MURDER at The Barwon Club on 17/8/18

Thy-Art-Is-Murder-Antagonist-A.D.- Australian-Tour

There’s always something special about seeing an internationally renowned and revered metal band do small venue national tour. It’s for those of us to get intimate, up close and personal with the fans that put said band on the international heavy musicradar. And let it be said that getting intimate, though as contradictory as it […]

STEEL PANTHER at The Forum, Melbourne on 15/05/18

If you ask any member of the band Steel Panther who the greatest Heavy Metal band in all of Heavy Metal is and they will happily kick you in the balls or grab your boobies and tell you that it is without question STEEL PANTHER. Whilst they may be far from the greatest Heavy Metal […]

Live Review: IHSAHN at Max Watts, Melbourne on 7/5/18

Ihsahn is considered a legend and a household name amongst a plethora of wannabe’s in the extreme metal world. And our great southern land has finally seen the great man tour our shores for the first time ever at the start of May to do a full solo tour promoting and playing material from his […]

IHSAHN ‘Ámr’

Structured amongst a journey of Immense chaos, malevolent, rhythmic clarity and Avante-Garde jazz fusionesque extreme artistry today we welcome to the world “Ámr”, (Nordic meaning black, loathsome or dark) the magnificent seventh solo album courtesy of black metal legend Ihsahn. After Emperor decided to take an unknown hiatus of sorts Ihsahn has proven himself as […]

DIMMU BORGIR ‘Eonian’

Silently, leaving the hordes of faithful followers salivating for seven years between releases Dimmu Borgir have kept their listeners hanging for any new mere morsel to echo from and throughout the quiet halls of their orchestral blackened magnificence. Waiting so long, Dimmu had time on their side to deliver something truly breathtaking, special and a […]

BEHEMOTH ‘Messe Noire’ LIVE DVD

Let’s face it, readers, in 2014 AD by far the best metal release was Behemoth’s ‘The Satanist’. From start to finish it was near perfect! Receiving worldwide critical acclaim everything contained within it’s darkened evil and heavy beauty was by far the best thing that the Polish quartet have put to tape. Now imagine thinking to […]

SLUGDGE ‘Esoteric Malacology’

So…SLUGDGE (Pronounced ‘Slug-j’ The D is silent!) Straight off the bat, Slugdge is the best extreme metal British band you haven’t heard yet! And I use the term “band” very loosely. Slugdge is but a mere yet incredible two piece ensemble consisting of Matt Moss & Kev Pearson both of whom have seemingly lived in an underground […]

DEATHWHITE ‘For a Black Tomorrow’

As a lover of heavy and extreme music, I am always waiting for something new and breathtaking. Something that is so beautiful and perfect in all its heavy magnificence that when I cast my senses across its beauty and musical artistic excellence I can and will not be silenced in telling everyone I can how […]

Live Review + Photos: CATTLE DECAPITATION at the Corner Hotel, Melbourne

Aussie extreme metal fans have been very patient in their wait for a second Cattle Decapitation tour since supporting and demolishing Thy Art Is Murder last time here in 2013. And also patient since their latest offering The Anthropocene Extinction album dropped two and half years ago in 2015 to well deserved worldwide critical acclaim. […]

MACHINE HEAD “Catharsis’

Being a contributor to well-respected metal publication [Editor: why thank you Neil], I make it my business to be a voyeur in other press and online publications and their valid opinions and thoughts whether positive or negative, to albums and artists and the content they contain. Some I agree with and some I do not. […]

The Ministry Of Metal – Top 10 2017 Albums – Special: Part 2

And now here is Part 2 of ‘The Ministry of Metal‘s’ and it’s host, Metal V, and his chosen top ten heavy albums for 2017. As I said in the blurb for Part 1, I am not going to give anything away, so dear Brutal Brothers & Sinister Sisters you are just going to have […]

The Ministry Of Metal – Top 10 2017 Albums – Special: Part 1

Well after twelve months of amazing releases for all things heavy ‘The Ministry of Metal‘ and it’s host, yours truly Metal V has listened to and immersed himself in as much as he can and had to compile the obligatory ‘Top Albums for 2017’. Not gonna lie, this year was full of amazing heavy albums […]

Live Review: Twelve Foot Ninja & Caligula’s Horse at 170 Russell Street

Last year I was afforded the opportunity to see and review two incredible bands in Twelve Foot Ninja & Caligula’s Horse but due to unforeseen issues arising I was unable to attend both. But on Friday 12th Jan I finally had and embraced the opportunity to witness the two bands on the same stage on […]

BLOOD DUSTER

A sad and memorable evening spent with a few hundred close friends last Saturday evening to celebrate and unfortuantely bid adieu to the Melbourne instititution of incrdibly talented and loose cunts known as Blood Duster as they close the big red curtain behind an illustrious and ‘Don’t give a fuck!’ 26 year career. I wasn’t […]

The Ministry of Metal – Show 21 – AUSMETAL Special Pt. 3 – 26.11.17

The final chapter for this years Ausmusic Metal Special. The show features some fine upcoming such as Behold The Defiant, The Autumn League, Scaphis, Polaris, Cryptic Abyss, and EmbraceThe Dawn plus formidable no longer with us artists the likes of Terrorust, The Amenta, Alchemist. There’s also plenty more well-known treats for listeners to bleed from […]

Live Review: PERTURBATOR and Rebel Yell at Max Watts, Melbourne on 21/11/17

Straight off the bat I want it known that I love PERTURBATOR. I was really hesitant at first purely because I am pretty much exclusively a metal head and metal head only and I have never really had the time for anything purely electronic. I discovered him as I am an ardent and staunch supporter […]

The Ministry of Metal – Show 20 – AUSMETAL Special Pt. 2- 19.11.17

Week Two of The Ministry of Metal‘s celebration of all things Aussie and Heavy we hear some of the important bands that have most definitely crafted ta sound that is easily recognisable as both their own but also typically Australian. Those being rock icons The Angels and Melbourne legends Airbourne. Adelaide’s unmistakable, The Mark Of Cain. […]

The Ministry of Metal – Show 19 – AUSMETAL Special Pt. 2- 12.11.17

Lovers of all things heavy and extreme for the last 25 years the month of November has been known as Ausmusic month where we celebrate all the musical greatness our country has to offer and with that in mind for the next three weeks The Ministry of Metal will gift its loyal listeners with some […]

The Ministry of Metal – Show 18 – 05.11.17

The quality of amazing and inspiring heavy music released in 2017 is not diminishing at all and tonight Ministry of Metal is proof of that. Almost exclusively a new release show this evening your audio senses are going to be treated by some of Australia’s finest heavy locals the likes of old-school hardcore/punk heavyweights Vicious […]

ARCHSPIRE ‘Relentless Mutation’

So, dear readers and lovers of all things extreme and amazing, the last eight to twelve weeks of any year are always the most exciting when it comes music releases. Quality bands wait until this time of year to try and sneak an entry in writers and reviewers end of year Top 10 lists. I have […]

SAMAEL ‘Hegemony’

For thirty years, brothers Alexandre “Xytras” Locher and Michael “Vorph” Locher of Samael have been commanding not just their fans and audiences, but also conducting the paths of many industrial black metal and symphonic extreme metal bands; showing them how to do things properly without ever forsaking their integrity or reputation. Starting their brand of extreme evil black/death […]

DAEMUSINEM ‘Thy Ungodly Defiance’

It has been a death metal kind of week in the Metal V house. I’ve been listening to some killer old-school releases such as Legion by the mighty Deicide and Obituary’s near faultless World Demise. On top of those, I got my ears a dose of the amazing new release, Red Before Black, from the skull-crushing entity that […]

CANNIBAL CORPSE ‘Red Before Black’

If there is one all consuming and demanding entity that has remained, pure, unrelenting, unapologetic lecturers in the world and doctrine of Death Metal it is Cannibal Corpse. For thirty artery severing, hammer to the face, knife to the genital delivering years Florida’s Godfathers of gore have been delivering platter upon bloody platter of brutal […]

The Ministry of Metal – Show 17 – 29.10.17

On this weeks episode of The Ministry of Metal, we are symphonically mesmerised by the sheer excellence of the long and illustrious career of S A M A E L, smashed in the face repeatedly by the grand fathers of death metal, the crushing Cannibal Corpse, the kids are taught an important lesson into how […]

The Ministry of Metal – Show 15 – 15.10.17

An action-packed, new release extravaganza of an evening tonight featured in this new episode of The Ministry of Metal. Brand new tracks from upcoming releases from Shining out of Sweden, new GWAR in the form of a tribute to the late Dave Brockie. Exceptional new deathcore from old schoolers The Black Dahlia Murder and new […]

Podcast: The Ministry of Metal – Show 13 – 01.10.17

On tonight’s episode of The Ministry of Metal we explore all things Avante Garde courtesy of the magnificent IGORRR, Sigh, Départe from Tasmania, Pyrrhon and the perfection that is The Dillinger Escape Plan and be miserable at the realisation they are touring Australia soon and that in a few short weeks they will be no […]

Podcast: The Ministry of Metal – Show 14 – 08.10.17

On tonight’s unapologetic episode of the forward thrusting Ministry of Metal hosted by Metal V we are pleased to feature three awesome songs from the incredible Alaskan natives 36 Crazyfists from their brand new album ‘Lanterns’. Playing songs in anticipation of the upcoming grindcore tour extravaganza – ‘The Campaign for Musical Destruction’ featuring Brujeria, Lock […]

Lighting the Lanterns with Brock Lindow (36 Crazyfists)

For the past fifteen years, Alaska’s 36 Crazyfists have been both a seminal and rare band that has remained pure and true to their roots: never ever compromising or giving up who they are and what they represent to the heavy music community. From the very moment I heard Bitterness the Star“, I knew that […]

DREAM THEATER at the Palais Theatre, 20th Sep 2017

Before I get into this review, I want to make one thing clear: I am a BIG fan of Dream Theater… on disc. Now, to be honest, I have always neglected to watch any live footage or had the opportunity to see Dream Theater live because I know how hit-and-miss vocalists of this genre can easily […]

KING PARROT ‘Ugly Produce’

When two already near beautifully brutal entities are suddenly smashed together into an avocado like substance on a gluten-free sourdough sliced cobb loaf, in a trendy St. Kilda breakfast tavern, we hope for the best… It’ll either be Dead Set fuckin’ delicious and you’ll tell all your mates about your new “trendy” find, or it […]

ARCTURUS and Blood Incantation at Max Watts, Melbourne on 14/09/17

Here was an evening I had waited to roll around for a long time. Let’s get to the main event in a paragraph or so… But first… The Melbourne kings of death sludge and inter-song banter CONTAMINATED were first to grace the stage this evening performing songs from their magnificent filth that is Final Man. […]

Podcast: The Ministry of Metal – Show 12 – 24.09.17

Tonights Ministry of Metal focuses on some great releases featuring the likes of world renowned Aussie grind workhorses King Parrot and their new album ‘Ugly Produce’, the sensational return to form heard on the new and brutal Thy Art Is Murder – ‘Dear Desolation’, a few little hard rock teasures from album number seven known […]

36 CRAZYFISTS ‘Lanterns’

Straight off the bat, let me make things clear, I fucking LOVE 36 Crazyfists and will not have a bad word spoken about them! They are one of the pioneers of the ‘core’ scene and sound as we know it. So all you kids out there thinking there is another new thing around the corner, […]

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